Mike McMillin

Director of Recruiting

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Current
  • Director of Recruiting at Cottonwood Financial Administrative Services LLC
Past
  • Principal at Tricom Group
  • Senior Associate at Korn/Ferry International
  • Research Associate to Senior Associate at Heidrick & Struggles (prior TMP Executive Search)
  • MBA Internship at Lehman Brothers
  • Client Services Rep(401K Group), Brokerage Rep(Central Trading), Transfer Agent(Mutual Funds) at Fidelity Investments
  • Stockbroker at Stuart James Investment Bankers
Education
  • Southern Methodist University - Cox School of Business
  • Texas A&M University
  • Lakehill Preparatory School
Connections
433 connections
Industry
Financial Services
Websites

Mike McMillin’s Summary

13 years of executive recruiting experience. (7 years in retained executive recruiting, 6 years in corporate executive recruiting)


Mike McMillin’s Experience

  • Director of Recruiting

    Cottonwood Financial Administrative Services LLC

    (Financial Services industry)

    December 2006Present (2 years 1 month)

    Manage the recruiting of C-level to mid-management level corporate positions for the firm across all functions.

    Cottonwood Financial, headquartered in Las Colinas, Texas, is one of the largest privately-held financial service providers in the retail consumer finance industry.

  • Executive/Corporate Recruiter

    Q Investments

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

    February 2005August 2006 (1 year 7 months)

    Reporting to a Partner, recruited (internally) top tier MBAs and senior level investment professionals to manage the fund. Recruited (externally) C-level to mid-management level positions for fund portfolio companies.

  • VP Recruiting

    SummitAlliance Investment Group

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Investment Management industry)

    February 2003January 2005 (2 years)

    This was a newly created position. Reporting to the CEO/Founder, recruited (externally) Brokers, Financial Advisors, and CPAs to use SummitAlliance’s managed money solutions. Recruited (internally) C-level to college interns.

  • Principal

    Echelon Group

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

    20012002 (1 year)

    Retained Executive Search

  • Principal

    Tricom Group

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

    20002001 (1 year)

    Reporting to the Managing Partner/Founder, executed retained searches for VP and C-level executive positions in early-stage, VC-backed, technology companies.

  • Senior Associate

    Korn/Ferry International

    (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

    19992000 (1 year)

    Reporting to the Managing Partner of the Dallas office, executed retained searches with Venture Capital backed to Fortune 100 companies for VP and C-level executive positions in technology and consumer goods companies.

  • Research Associate to Senior Associate

    Heidrick & Struggles (prior TMP Executive Search)

    (Staffing and Recruiting industry)

    19951999 (4 years)

    Reporting to the Managing Partner, executed retained searches for VP and C-level executive positions in technology, consumer goods and financial services industries.

  • MBA Internship

    Lehman Brothers

    (Public Company; Investment Management industry)

    19941995 (1 year)

  • Client Services Rep(401K Group), Brokerage Rep(Central Trading), Transfer Agent(Mutual Funds)

    Fidelity Investments

    (Privately Held; Financial Services industry)

    19901994 (4 years)

  • Stockbroker

    Stuart James Investment Bankers

    (Privately Held; Investment Management industry)

    19901990 (less than a year)


Mike McMillin’s Education

  • Southern Methodist University - Cox School of Business

    MBA, Finance/Marketing, 19931995

  • Texas A&M University

    BS, Economics, Minor in Business Administration, 19851989

    Activities and Societies:
    Corps of Cadets (Squadron 16)
  • Lakehill Preparatory School

    College Prep, 19741985


Additional Information

Mike McMillin’s Websites:

Mike McMillin’s Groups:

  •    Blue: The DallasBlue Business Network (24,000+ members)
  •    Executive Suite
  •    Linked:HR (#1 HR Group with 71,000+ members)
  •    Aggie Networking
  •    The Association of Former Students - Texas A&M University
  •    Heidrick & Struggles Alumni Network
  •    TalentBar: HR and Recruiter Network
  •    SMU COX MBA Alumni
  •    The Executive Search Group (14,000+ members)
  •    Texas A&M Corps of Cadets Association
  •    Korn/Ferry International
  •    Consumer Finance Professionals

Mike McMillin’s Contact Settings

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  • career opportunities
  • job inquiries
  • expertise requests
  • reference requests
  • getting back in touch

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